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Molly 2010/08/03 01:14:19
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Summit beating death: Charges upgraded to murder for Morristown, NJ, teen

Nigel Dumas had been charged with manslaughter; bail set at $250,000

By Minhaj Hassan • Staff writer
• July 28, 2010

Three
teenagers accused in the beating death of a Summit man have been
charged with murder, after the Union County Prosecutor's Office upgraded
the charge from manslaughter, authorities said

Nigel
Dumas, 19, of Morristown, was among the teens charged with the murder
of Abelino Mazariego, 47, who was attacked at 9:25 p.m. on July 17,
while sitting on a bench in the Summit Promenade, a pedestrian plaza
featuring benches, a water feature and planters set just off Springfield
Avenue, police said.

Union County Prosecutor Theodore
Romankow said Mazariego was transported to Overlook Hospital but never
regained consciousness and died on the afternoon of July 20. The Union
County Medical Examiner determined that Mazariego died from brain
injuries he suffered in the beating.

Mazariego had just finished his shift at
Dabbawalla, an Indian restaurant located across the street from the
park, when he was attacked, authorities said.

Colin
Crasto, manager at Dabbawalla, said Mazariego worked there as a
dishwasher and food preparer for more than three years. He said
Mazariego never missed a day of work.

While they never
socialized, and a language barrier created some difficulty, Crasto said
Mazariego was a fun person to have around.

"He was a
very jovial guy, very hardworking," Crasto said, adding that the
restaurant has set up a donation box to collect funds for the victim's
family's expenses. "He was the breadwinner of the family."


The other two individuals involved in the attack were 18-year-old
Khayri Williams-Clark and a 17-year-old boy, both Summit residents.


It's not known what compelled the teens to attack Mazariego, a
Salvadoran immigrant who was a father of four children. His wallet
contained more than $600, which was later stolen by an emergency room
nurse at Overlook Hospital. Hospital officials said the nurse, Stephan
Randolph, 39, of Flemington, has been fired from the job.

Randolph has been charged by the Union County Prosecutor's Office with 3rd-degree theft.

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A fourth teen who had recorded the incident with a cell phone camera
has not been charged. The video footage was passed around among Summit
teens,
authorities said. It aired on ABC last week.

Dumas' first court appearance has yet to be scheduled.

George Clapps, 25, a financial consultant and a
friend of Dumas, said he helped book gigs around the Morristown area for
Dumas, an aspiring R&B; singer who went by the stage name Robby
Guarantee.

Clapps described his friend as open-minded and caring.


He met Dumas two years ago at Calvary Baptist Church on Martin Luther
King Avenue, where Dumas was part of the choir and Bible study group.


He said he was shocked when he heard about the murder charge, adding
that Dumas had so much potential and was determined to make it big.

Clapps said Dumas ran track and played basketball at Morristown High School, where he graduated in 2010.

He said Dumas lived with a younger brother and his mother.

They hung out pretty regularly, and made occasional jaunts to New York City, the movies and bowling.

Clapps said Dumas looked up to him like a big brother, seeking advice and "positive reinforcement."

"He would always call me up looking for positive feedback," Clapps said.


While he didn't have any studio recordings, Clapps said Dumas was
passionate about singing and performed at the Neighborhood House, local
talent shows and church functions.

Dumas had plans to go to college to study audio engineering, according to Clapps.

"I always emphasized to him the importance of getting an education," Clapps said.


David Walker, executive director of the Neighborhood House, said he
didn't recall Dumas, but added he could have very well performed at the
center's annual outdoor festival, where many participants perform upon
recommendations from churches and other groups.

The Rev. Jerry M. Carter of Calvary Baptist Church was not immediately available for comment.

Dumas is currently at the Union County jail with bail set at $250,000. The investigation remains open.


The Union County Homicide Task Force and the Summit Police Department
are continuing to gather and examine evidence and take additional
witness statements, police said.


The Associated Press contributed to this report. Minhaj
Hassan: 973-428-6628; mhassan@gannett.com



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  • disinter 2010/08/03 15:08:54 (edited)
    disinter
    Why aren't the redneck hillbilly anti-immigration morons yelling murder?

    They will say he was here "illegally" so he doesn't deserve to live. They are sick.
  • Molly disinter 2010/08/03 21:08:29
    Molly
    they are around, but they have not heard the story, I do not think it has anything to do with the label you attached to the redneck hillbilly. I do not think people are anti immigration, people are anti illegal immigration. Projecting. I am thinking that the mongrels do not care since they shoot each other up every day, the crackers are too busy working, the hispanics are too busy running drugs or roofing houses, the muslims are too busy crying about why we need the mosque in NYC, the liberals are protesting the Arizona law because they think its racist, the unemployed are at home praying they get a call from someone to put them to work, or maybe they are just sitting by the pool with a martini, waiting on their unemployment check, No matter if he was here illegally this is a tragedy, and was done intentional, I hope they all go to jail. I think I have labeled every american I can think off
  • disinter Molly 2010/08/03 21:27:34
    disinter
    The part of ILLEGAL that I don't get.....
    http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
  • don disinter 2010/08/03 21:34:07 (edited)
    don
    Since you wanna hear it, he was here illegally I wish I killed him myself. Redneck hillbilly? Sounds to me that you have the problem. The story says the charges were upgraded to murder. What exactly are you talking about?
  • disinter don 2010/08/03 21:38:03
    disinter
    Gee that is intelligent. I am 100% sure you have broken a law at LEAST once in your life. Does this mean that since you are also an "illegal" that I should kill you?
  • don disinter 2010/08/03 21:45:23
    don
    Well you seen my unfinished product, but to answer your question i'm not illegal I was born here to legal parents, and my family has been in this country since 1790, and I would thoroughly enjoy your attempt to kill me.
  • disinter don 2010/08/03 21:54:46 (edited)
    disinter
    Where you were born is irrelevant. We are now talking about those that break the "laws" (ie illegals). This is the same violation you accuse those scary brown people of doing, simply breaking a law.

    I am 100% sure you have broken a law at LEAST once in your life. Does this mean that since you are also an "illegal" that I should kill you?
  • don disinter 2010/08/03 22:24:38
    don
    Breaking the law makes you a criminal, and this story says nothing of the man being illegal it simply says he is an immigrant, which doesn't necessarly make him illegal. No I've never broken a law and have never been arrested once in my life, but nice try.
  • disinter don 2010/08/03 22:44:15
    disinter
    Nice try, but irregardless of what the story said, you said: "if he was here illegally I wish I would have killed him myself" or something like that. You have since edited it to cover your tracks.
  • don disinter 2010/08/03 22:56:54
    don
    Yes but u know that i finished that post well before this one, and the first i responded to said im waiting for the anti-immigration hillbillies to say he was her illegally so he doesnt deserve to live, when these so called hillbillies are anti-illegal immigration. I wrote the first post to satisfy your thirst. I have no problem editing it back, but i simply said he was here illegally because thats what you want so you have some sort of basis for your previous baseless claims about racism and hate.
  • Molly don 2010/08/03 23:08:49
    Molly
    you missed the point entirely, if those where white americans they would have been tarred and feathered, but they were black and they are sweeping it under the rug, maybe it is a call for minorities to reach out and just get along, you are just kinda mental huh? The man was legal, they did not attempt to rob him they beat him because they have hate and evil in their hearts and then they filmed it. You are the one who is throwing labels around here. It is racism where is the liberals calling for hate crimes. I guess it is just the white american that commit hate crimes. You are sad.
  • don Molly 2010/08/03 23:31:43
  • Molly don 2010/08/03 23:34:47
    Molly
    ok I am going to block you pretty soon, all you have done is cuss, project and threaten to kill someone. You are mental, and a dumbass.
  • Mulder 2010/08/03 01:38:19
    Mulder
    I'll yell it but it won't apply. The intention of the attack was robbery, not racism.
  • Molly Mulder 2010/08/03 02:29:46
    Molly
    but the point is no one is talking about this, but if it were white americans the left would be screaming hate crime, why is the left not screaming hate crime plus murder, everything else is about race, and this is about race but their not white. No the intention was deliberate and cruel, the nurse at the hospital robbed him of his money. The left, cannot fix stupid.
  • Mulder Molly 2010/08/03 02:43:38
    Mulder
    I understand the point you are making. The facts of the case, however, reflect a situation that was borne out of robbery, not racism. The fact that no one is complaining about racism, proves that they believe the motive to be robbery. So, since no one is alleging racism, this provides some proof that people are looking at the facts, rather than responding emotionally. That's a good thing, right?
  • Molly Mulder 2010/08/03 02:54:10
    Molly
    +1
    It is racism, the article states that they do not know why the boys were compelled to beat him to death, and that the nurse stole his money, so you are spouting facts you just read the article and already have made a wrong judgment, they did not intend to rob him, they beat him to death. People do not look at facts when they are dealing with minority's they sweep it under the rug, I happen to hear about this article on a radio station, nothing in the paper about this or on the news. This case is still being investigated if the boys wanted to rob him then why did he still have his wallet when he went to the hospital, and it is all on tape from the other boy filming from his camera, hate crime, i hope they get the book thrown at them.
  • Mulder Molly 2010/08/03 03:38:53
    Mulder
    I made no judgment about the incident. I reported what I found.

    No criminal charges related to a, "hate," crime have been filed. The authorities are the ones with the evidence, not the newspapers or a radio station.

    The authorities say this was an attempted robbery. Why kids do anything is anyone's guess. Your guess is racism. The police disagree with you. The evidence, according to what I have read, does not support allegations of racism.

    Is it possible that these kids, or one of the kids doesn't like people from El Salvador? Of course, but where is the evidence? You and I cannot see into the hearts and minds of others. That is why I don't make those sorts of judgments; I rely on the evidence.

    This link will provide the basis for my response
    http://www.dailyrecord.com/ar...

    As far as news coverage, I assume you mean national tv coverage. Not every local story makes it to the national news for a variety of reasons. Most local stories don't make national news.
  • KSJR362 - Not what you think 2010/08/03 01:17:23
    KSJR362 - Not what you think
    +3
    Because the left doesn't care if minorities kill each other.
  • Soldier... KSJR362... 2010/08/03 01:29:32
    Soldier4Christ82
    +3
    Took the words right out of my mouth!

    Err...keyboard?
  • KSJR362... Soldier... 2010/08/03 01:31:22

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